The Heat game plan for Game 2 was simple: wear down Tony Parker. Mario Chalmers heard the message loud and clear, as the fifth-year pro kept Parker busy on defense by being more aggressive because the best way to slow down a great scorer is to make him play defense. Chalmers drove to the basket … [Read more…]
Heading into the 2013 NBA Finals the topic of discussion centered around the ages of the veteran-laden San Antonio Spurs. After Game 1, all the talk was about Tony Parker’s unbelievable shot for the ages. With the Spurs ahead 90-88 with under 30 seconds left, Parker drove to his right and nearly lost the ball … [Read more…]
It’s difficult to get a detailed scouting report on the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs because during the regular season both teams decided to play a little game of call-in-sick. When the Spurs visited Miami in Nov. 29 coach Gregg Popovich sent Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili home and rolled out … [Read more…]
Kevin Durant gave LeBron James a big hug at the end of Game 5 last Thursday. James and the Miami Heat had just won the NBA championship, at the expense of Durant’s Oklahoma City squad. On the way back to the locker room, a tearful Durant was followed by TV cameras and broke down when … [Read more…]
Without a doubt LeBron James was the best player in the 2012 NBA Finals and deserved to be the MVP. But LeBron also got a lot of help from his teammates. The Miami Heat are NBA champs thanks to some timely clutch plays from Shane Battier, Mario Chalmers, and Mike Miller. Battier’s five 3-pointers and … [Read more…]
We all remember our first times. Our first bike ride. Our first day at school. Our first kiss. Our first date. Our first car. Our first job. We never forget those first-time moments. For LeBron James, June 21, 2012, will be a date that will live in his mind forever. The three-time NBA MVP and … [Read more…]
The Miami Heat fought through a ton of adversity Tuesday night, including leg cramps that forced LeBron James to watch the final three minutes of the fourth quarter, to take Game 4, 104-98. The Heat now hold a commanding 3-1 edge in the NBA Finals and can clinch the championship in Game 5. Here are … [Read more…]
There is nothing like home sweet home. After gaining a split in Oklahoma City, the Miami Heat took advantage of an energized American Airlines Arena crowd to win Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The Heat rallied from a third-quarter deficit and pulled out a 91-85 victory Sunday night to take a 2-1 series lead … [Read more…]
Erik Spoelstra arguably has the second-toughest job in America, and the only person who has more pressure on him to perform and please everyone is Barack Obama. Much like the president of the United States, the 41-year-old head coach of the Miami Heat is constantly second-guessed and the expectations are above and beyond anyone could … [Read more…]
With all due respect to Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant, LeBron James is the real MVP of the 2012 postseason. James proved it with 45 points and 15 rebounds in Game 6 of the epic Miami-Boston series to force a deciding Game 7. Surprisingly, he made 19 of 26 field goals and a lot of them … [Read more…]